If you are wondering if there is a place where you can physically find Yogananda Seva (YSO), there is! It is located just steps from the SRF Encinitas Ashram and Retreat Center, around the corner from the SRF J Street Chapel and two blocks from the Encinitas Temple in downtown Encinitas. The confluence of many …
One of the joys for us at Yogananda Seva is hearing so many different stories about how devotees are connecting with Master’s teachings around the world. Recently we learned about a group of teen-aged devotees who took it upon themselves — to their parents’ delight! — to use the miracle of digital technology to share …
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The “Devotees Helping Devotees — and Others Too!” series continues with the story of Brenna Charlebois, a devotee from the Lake Shrine Temple who discovered Master when she read Autobiography of a Yogi at age 14. Five years ago, when Brenna was visiting her sister in Portland, Oregon, she received a call from a Corvallis, …
“Devotees Helping Devotees–and Others Too” continues its series with the story of Rick Carlton. Rick attends the Hollywood Temple and has been an SRF devotee since 1996. He is also the Founder and Managing Director of a nonprofit organization that has been distributing Vitamin A and micronutrients to children in India who are at risk …
Part 1 of Series: Gita St. John, Donated 200+ Homemade Face Masks In these days of social distancing, it’s not always easy to find ways to healthfully help others, but SRF devotees have been finding original ways to help devotees—and others too! In response to my request—via SRF devotee newsletters—that devotees send stories of how …
The story of how the SRF Online Meditation Center (OMC) was created by Yogananda Seva (YSO) is as interesting as it is timely. It all began in late 2018, when one of the soon-to-be directors of Yogananda Seva, Patrick Conahan, reached out to Encinitas devotee Ravi Parikh for his help with an online lay disciple …
